Shakirsyanov was respectively junior world champion with the relay in 2008 and 2009 and reached his first top 10 placement in the Eastern Europe Cup in November 2008 in the sprint in Vershina Tjoi with ninth place . He made his debut in the cross-country skiing world cup in January 2010 at the Tour de Ski . He finished 18th on the third stage, which was held as a sprint, and scored his first World Cup points; However, he did not take part in the penultimate stage. His first podium place in the Eastern Europe Cup reached Shakirsyanov in November 2010 with second place over 15 km classic in Vershina Tjoi. In February 2011 he finished seventh with the third Russian relay at the World Cup in Rybinsk and in November 2011 he won his first classic Eastern Europe Cup race over 10 km in Vershina Tjoi. At the beginning of 2012, Shakirsyanov was also U23 world champion in skiathlon . At the 2012 World Cup final in Falun he finished 25th on the mass start stage, achieved the 17th fastest time in the final pursuit and finished the stage race in 26th place. At the 2013 Winter Universiade in Lago di Tesero , he won bronze over 10 km freestyle and mixed team sprint, silver with the relay and gold in the skiathlon. In March 2014 in Lahti , he again placed 24th in the World Cup points over 15 km freestyle . At the Winter Universiade 2015 in Štrbské Pleso he won bronze in the sprint, silver in the 30 km mass start race and in the mixed team sprint and gold with the relay. In March 2017 he won the Demino Ski Marathon .
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